Hip printer isn't necessary (but it is faster to use). When scanning, if you have a discrepancy, selecting generic regular label will create a printable batch and the locations are on the label (not like typical generic label that excludes location data). Sure, printing a batch afterwards and then returning to put those labels up takes more time, but if you're struggling to find a hip printer or know you'll only have to adjust a few prices because you keep up with price accuracy daily (I had 75 locations and only 7 adjustments), this is a good alternative.
We're breaking up the workload based on location. DBOs or TLs in those work centers will do the audit when time allows. I would say, an average of 5 minutes per aisle is a good estimate.
In all honesty; auditing 25 locations an aisle does not fix ALL the pricing problems. It probably would take just as long to print out all the labels for an aisle and visually put up any price inaccuracies that way. Which I think is what we were doing before the audit process came out. I know this has something to do with a lawsuit in California recently, and with the inflation issues plaguing the US.